THE SKYTRAN – FUTURISTIC FLYING PODS FOR LAGOS, NIGERIA

SkyTran is a self-driving monorail currently under development that could one day eliminate driving in cities.

Imagine if instead of wasting hours in traffic, you could one day fly above it for a price only slightly higher than a subway ride.

That’s the idea behind SkyTran, a self-driving monorail designed to hover 20 feet above roads and travel up to 155 mph. The system would turn a two-hour car commute into a 10-minute trip, SkyTran CEO Jerry Sanders tells Tech Insider.

The company just announced that it will launch its first-ever track in Lagos, Nigeria by 2020. The World Bank commissioned Systra, a global transportation consulting firm, to find a railway that could help alleviate traffic in the city, and SkyTran was chosen.